Robert Spencer Carr
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Robert Spencer Carr was an American writer of science fiction
and fantasy. He sold his first story to Weird Tales
at age 15. At age 17 his novel, The Rampant Age, became a bestseller resulting in a movie contract. He is known for telling "the story of aliens in cold storage at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
following a 1947 UFO crash in New Mexico" in 1974.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy. He sold his first story to Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
at age 15. At age 17 his novel, The Rampant Age, became a bestseller resulting in a movie contract. He is known for telling "the story of aliens in cold storage at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Greene and Montgomery counties in the state of Ohio. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot. Patterson Field is located approximately...
following a 1947 UFO crash in New Mexico" in 1974.
Works
- The Rampant Age (1928)
- The Bells of St. Ivan's (1944)
- The Room Beyond (1948)
- Beyond InfinityBeyond InfinityBeyond Infinity is a collection of science fiction stories by author Robert Spencer Carr. It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,779 copies...
(1951, stories)